Child Development Center (CDC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH

DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) W912QR22R0027 for design/build construction of a new Child Development Center Facility with exposed concrete flooring and floor slab, masonry walls, standing seam metal roof, HVAC, plumbing, power, lighting, and other utilities, fire detection/suppression, fencing, communication support, parking, pick-up/drop-off area, access road, site improvements, landscaping, outdoor play areas, covered areas, and all other necessary support. Facility will be designed as permanent construction in accordance with Department of Defense Unified Facilities Criteria 1-200-01. This project will comply with Department of Defense antiterrorism/force protection requirements per United Facilities Criteria 4-010-01 and Unified Facilities Criteria 1-200-02, High Performance and Sustainable Requirements.

Contract duration is estimated at 820 calendar days. A pre-proposal site visit may be held. Meeting and site visit details will be provided in the solicitation.

TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This RFP will be for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.

TYPE OF SET-ASIDE:  Full and Open Competition (Unrestricted)

CONSTRUCTION MAGNITUDE: The magnitude of this construction project is anticipated to be between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000, in accordance with DFARS 236.204.

SELECTION PROCESS: This will be a two-phase Design/Build procurement process. The proposals will be evaluated using a Best Value Tradeoff source selection process. Potential offerors are invited to submit their performance, technical, and capability information as will be described in section 00 22 16 of the Solicitation, for review and consideration by the Government. The selection process for Phase I will evaluate such factors (not necessarily in order): Past Performance and Management Plan. Pro Forma Information such as bonding and financial capability will also be required to meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

Following completion of the evaluation of Phase I, up to a maximum of five (5) most highly qualified offerors will be invited to participate in Phase II. The selected offerors for Phase II will be invited to submit additional information as will be described in Section 00 22 18 of the Solicitation, for review and evaluation by the Government. The selection process for Phase II will evaluate such factors (not necessarily in order): Design/Technical, Small Business Participation Plan, and Price. Pro Forma Information such as Standard Form 1442, Joint Venture Agreements, bonding and financial capability, Pre-Award Information, and Subcontracting Plan will also be required to meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

All evaluation factors, other than cost or price, are considered approximately equal to cost or price.

DISCUSSIONS: The Government intends to award without discussions but reserves the right to conduct discussions should it be deemed in the Government's best interest.

ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE: The Government anticipates releasing the solicitation on or about 24 March 2022.  Details regarding the Optional Site Visit will be included in the solicitation.  Actual dates and times will be identified in the solicitation. Additional details can be found in the solicitation when it is posted to http://www.sam.gov.

SOLICITATION WEBSITE: The official solicitation, when posted, will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at the Federal Business Opportunities website, http://www.sam.gov.  Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued.  Telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored.  Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.  To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at the Federal Business Opportunities website at  http://www.sam.gov.  Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.

REGISTRATIONS:

Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the following database:

System for Award Management (SAM): Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the SAM database at http://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award. If the Offeror is a Joint Venture (JV), the JV entity shall have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror.

POINT-OF-CONTACT: The point-of-contact for this procurement is the Contract Specialist, Renee Booth at Meranda.R.Booth@usace.army.mil. 

This announcement serves as the Advance Notice for this project. Responses to this synopsis are not required.